How much should cockpit cushions cost?

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I've just been quoted more than €1000 (about £900) for two 170x130x75cm cockpit cushions with non absorbent foam and standard white plastic covers. This seems like a lot of money for two rectangular flat cushions to me but maybe I'm out of touch.
Can anyone guess what these would cost in the UK?
 
The open cell foam is quite expensive, so about £100 each sounds reasonable. Marine upholstery seems to be a rip off throughout the med though. I had all my cockpit and flybridge cushions re-made, open cell foam and sunbrella fabric, in the UK for about £4k. I had two quotes in SoF, both over €20k.
 
I've just ordered two forepeak cushions (port side & infill) from a company in the Hamble area for £160, although I am supplying the Sunbrella.
 
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I've just been quoted more than €1000 (about £900) for two 170x130x75cm cockpit cushions with non absorbent foam and standard white plastic covers. This seems like a lot of money for two rectangular flat cushions to me but maybe I'm out of touch.
Can anyone guess what these would cost in the UK?
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I found the original supplier of the material and gave the details to a local upholster , he reused the original foam and he bought in the material to match.

£220

not got them here to measure but from memory

600mm x600mm

600mm x 1000mm

600mm x 950mm

He unpicked and reused some green trim in order to match upstairs with down which took a lot of extra time.
They were as good as new when completed.

Can you be bothered to unzip one cover, then roll and squash the foam with a luggage strap to fit a suitcase, fly it home and have two covers made ready for you to take back.

You would save £500-£600 ?
 
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Mine are sealed in plastic but a mate wrapped his in cling film , they are on a sports boat that is left open during the summer months.
 
omega2 said:
I have three two blue one white, 152x75x7.5 non absorbant foam, top class vynyl piped edges. Doing nothing in the garage. If they are any good to you??
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Thanks omega2 but they're too small for what I need. Thanks to everybody else for advice. Definitely seems cheaper to have them made in the UK and ship them to where my boat is in Croatia
 
Nick_H said:
The open cell foam is quite expensive, so about £100 each sounds reasonable. Marine upholstery seems to be a rip off throughout the med though. I had all my cockpit and flybridge cushions re-made, open cell foam and sunbrella fabric, in the UK for about £4k. I had two quotes in SoF, both over €20k.
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If anyone is selling open cell foam stay clear.

You need closed cell foam to be water resistant. Oasis, the stuff that they use for flower arranging is open cell.
 
The forum comes up trumps again:) Thanks to your advice, I moaned like hell to the supplier in Croatia and he now admits that he doubled the price 'by mistake'. So the cushions are now €500 which is still too much but I cant be bothered to argue
 
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The forum comes up trumps again:) Thanks to your advice, I moaned like hell to the supplier in Croatia and he now admits that he doubled the price 'by mistake'. So the cushions are now €500 which is still too much but I cant be bothered to argue
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Tee hee. It's funny how such mistakes are always doubling, not halving

Ref foam, it can get confusing with the names. Imho, you dont want closed cell foam becuase although it will not absorb water it is way too hard to sit on. The stuff that doesn't hold water is variously called "open cell" or "reticulated" and perhaps other names too, and that's the soft stuff that you want.
 
jfm said:
Tee hee. It's funny how such mistakes are always doubling, not halving

Ref foam, it can get confusing with the names. Imho, you dont want closed cell foam becuase although it will not absorb water it is way too hard to sit on. The stuff that doesn't hold water is variously called "open cell" or "reticulated" and perhaps other names too, and that's the soft stuff that you want.
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Good point. Ferretti always seem to use the hard stuff; its like sitting on wooden planks
 
jfm said:
Ref foam, it can get confusing with the names. Imho, you dont want closed cell foam becuase although it will not absorb water it is way too hard to sit on. The stuff that doesn't hold water is variously called "open cell" or "reticulated" and perhaps other names too, and that's the soft stuff that you want.
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Yep, I think that's right. To absorb water the foam must be open cell, and the difference between the stuff that holds water, and the stuff that doesn't, is the size of the holes in the foam and the structure of the lattice. The "non absorbent" foam isn't non absorbent at all, its just quick draining, as the structure of the foam looks a bit like a loofah (which I guess is what "reticulated" means).

Personally I think the conventional foam (small holes, retains water) is the comfiest, but it's worth the trade off to use reticulated foam, so that the cushions dry out quicker
 
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